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(No Model.)

A. BRAMBAGH. UPRIGHT PIANO CASE.

Patented June 14, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALOYS BRAMBACH, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

UPRlGHT-PIANO CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 76,915, dated June 14, 1892.

Application filed March 1, 1892. Serial No. 423,341. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALOYS BRAMBAOH, a subjeet of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Upright-Piano Cases, of which the followingis aspeeification.

This invention relates to an improvedmusicrack for upright pianos of that class in which the front panel of the piano can be readily moved in a forward and downward direction, so as to extend over the fall-board and form a convenient rack, so that the music placed thereon can be readily read by the player; and it consists of an upright-piano case the front panel of which can be swung in a forward direction, being suspended by pivoted bracket-arms from the upper part of the front of the case, in combination with araek-frame that is connected by pivot-links at its upper and lower ends with the front of the case, said rack being adapted to be lowered below the panel, so as to form an extension of the same over the fall-board, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a rear elevation of the front part of an upright-piano case, showing my in1- proved music-rack attachment; and Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical transverse sections of the same 011 line 2 2, Fig. 1, showing the musicrack attachment, respectively, in position at the inside of the case and as lowered over the fall-board for use.

Similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the front Wall of an upright-piano case, which front wall is provided at its middle part with an oblong opening a, that is closed by a panel B, which panel is suspended by curved arms I), that are attached to the upper inside part of the panel B, said arms being hinged in suitable sockets b on the inner surface of the front wall, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The panel B is provided at its bottom inside part with the wedge-shaped or beveled guidepieces (I, that are faced with soft rubber, felt, or other suitable material, which facing is extended over the lower beveled rear edge of the panel B, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. The guide-pieces d serve for the purpose of moving noiselessly along the panel of a musicrack D, which is supported at the lower ends of strips D, which are attached to the rack and which are connected at their upper ends by pivot-links c with sockets e at the upper inner part of the front wall A and by L-shaped pivot-linksf with sockets f at the lower inside part of the front wall, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

The music-rack D is provided with a central button D for conveniently taking hold of the rack and raising or lowering the same, and with a front lip, the same being slightly longer than the opening of the front wall A, so that the lip abuts against the front wall A when the music-rack is placed in its closed position at the inside of the front wall. A panel D above the rack D, is preferably made solid and slightly beveled at its upper edge so as to form a continuation, or nearly so, of the hinged panel 13 when the track is moved into position for use, as shown in Fig. 3. lVhen the panel B closes the opening in the front wall A of the piano, the music-rack is retained in closed position back of the panel B, withthe exception of the front-lip, which projects in front of the panel in the nature of a molding for the lower edge of the same, as shown in Fig. 2.'

For lowering the music-rack the same is taken hold of by its center button and the same moved in a forward direction, so that the panel D is moved along the guide-pieces d, while it swings simultaneously into position below and nearly in line with the panel B until the pivot-links e and f prevent the further movement of the music-rack. The pivot-links e and f hold the musicn'aek in lowered and forwardly-inclined position, the panel D and strips D holding likewise the panel B in out wardly-inclined position, so that the music can be readily placed in position on the rack. After use the rack is pushed back into the opening of the front wall, the panel D passing along the guide-pieces cl and moving with the front panel B back into the proper position, as shown in Fig. 2, The rack when in lowered position extends over the fall-board M of the piano and supports the music close pivots, so that a lockin g action is exerted 011 the rack and by the lip of the same on the front panel B, so that the panel or rack cannot drop down accidentally, but only when the rack is taken hold of and moved forward sufficiently to overcome the resistance of the lower pivotlinks f, whereupon the music-rack and panel" assume readily their forward inclined positions.

Having thus described my invention, I

clailnas new and desire to secure by Letters tendin strips attached to the in usic-rack, and 1. The combination, with the front Wall of Patentan upright-piano case,ofa panel hinged at its upper end to said front walland a music-rack connected .by pivot-links at its upper and lower ends with the front wall, said rack being adapted to swing below the panel and form an extension of the same, substantially an upright-piano casehavingafront opening,

as set forth.

2. The combination, with the front wall of a piano, of a front panel hinged at its upper part to the same, a music-rack provided with. longitudinal strips, and pivot-links connect-' ing the upper and lower parts of the said strips with the front wall and adapted to permit the moving of the rack in forward position below the front panel, so as to form an extension of the same, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination, with the front wall of an upright-piano case, of a front panel hinged at its upper part to said wall, a music-rack having a short panel above the rack part, upwardly-extendingstrips attached to said panel, strips secured to the rack, and links pivoted to the inside of the front wall and to the upper and lower ends of the said strips, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the front wall of an upright-piano case, of a front panel pivoted at its upper part to said wall and provided with beveled backwardlyextending guide-pieces, a music-rack having a short panel above its rack part, upwardly-extending strips attached to said panels, pivot-links connecting the upper ends of the strips with the upper part of the front wall, and L-shaped pivot-links connecting the lower parts of said strips with the inside of the front wall, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the front wall of an upright-piano ease having an opening, of a hinged front panel for said opening, a musicrack provided with a front lip of greater length than the width of the opening, upwardly-expivot-links pivoted to said strips and the inside of the front wall, so that the front lip of the rack retains the front panel in closed position when the rack is moved to the inside of the opening of the front wall, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the front wall of of a panel hinged at its upper end to the front wall, said panel being beveled at its inner lower edge, a music-rack having a short panel above its rack part, the upper edge of the said panel being likewise beveled, upwardly-extending strips attached to said panel, and pivot-links pivoted, respectively, to the upper and lower ends of said strips and to the inside of the front wall, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my inventionl have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALOYS BRAMBACII.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, MARION HALL. 

